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EOCENE EPOCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Eocene epoch mean?
• EOCENE EPOCH (noun)
The noun EOCENE EPOCH has 1 sense:
1. from 58 million to 40 million years ago; presence of modern mammals
Familiarity information: EOCENE EPOCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
From 58 million to 40 million years ago; presence of modern mammals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Eocene; Eocene epoch
Instance hypernyms:
epoch (a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages)
Holonyms ("Eocene epoch" is a part of...):
Tertiary; Tertiary period (from 63 million to 2 million years ago)
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